Detail View: Rylands Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL16040738
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Reference Number:
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R150649.20
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Series Title:
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Street Literature Collection
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Parent Work Title:
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A old ballad of Whittington and his cat
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Whittington and his cat
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Creator:
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Pitts, John, 1765-1844
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Date Created:
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c1810
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Publication Details:
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London: Printed and sold by J. Pitts, No. 14, Great St. Andrew Street, 7 dials
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Page/Sheet:
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Single sheet
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Description:
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Printed in four columns, with the title above the first two. There are five woodcuts: The first woodcut is above the first 2 columns depicting Whittington with his cat and a sailing boat. Second woodcut illustration of a cat and third of a ruler and his subjects in column 3. Fourth woodcut of royal festive activity and a fifth woodcut of a rider approaching a country house are in column 4. Verse - "Here I must tell the praise of worthy Whittington".
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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Language:
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English
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Subject:
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English literature
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Subject:
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Street Literature
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Subject:
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Ballads, English--Great Britain
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Subject:
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Songs
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Subject:
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Poetry
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Broadsides
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Technique Used:
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Woodcut (process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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England: London
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Time Period Covered:
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19th Century CE
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Item Height:
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225 mm
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Item Width:
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345 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester |
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Notes:
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Ballad No. 20 in a bound collection of 250 ballads and broadsides.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2016-04-20
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2016-08
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Educational Notes:
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British Woodcut Printing in Transition Project
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Academic Project Lead:
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Giles Bergel
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